-pai make, manufacture (something) / cause (someone) to do [...]

Part of Speech	vt
Inflection Class	I_P
Pronunciation	[C/a-]ˈpaj

1. • make, manufacture (something)

   • • Example 629:
       

       Eta ada gèpai ira legèmitite.

       If you want to make a fire, load the water first.

2. • cause (someone) to do (something); causative serial verb

   Grammar Note

   In causative serialisation, only the 3rd person inflection of -pai ‘make’; it is followed by an intransitive verb denoting the caused situation. The causer is encoded as the A of -pai. The causee is encoded as the S of the following verb.

   • • Example 975:
       

       Gèpai bik!

       Make him strong!

     • Example 976:
       

       Oto lailol, gèpai nèseser.

       The car drives along and makes me shake.

     • Example 977:
       

       Saku deing bias ol tamu poko deina gèpai gètai.

       The adults would usually make the children and grandchildren sleep.

Related entries

• See also:
  • legèpai extend (something), make an extension on, make larger, taller etc.
  • wong use, make use of, achieve by means of / with, by means of; introduces an instrument into a clause / marker to introduce causee in a caused motion event / oblique marker, ong functions with some verbs to introduce an argument with a non-agentive role that cannot be encoded as P